Christian Atsu scores debut Eredivisie goal for Vitesse

Christian Atsu scored his first goal of the Dutch top-flight on Saturday

Black Stars winger Christian Atsu scored his first ever goal in the Dutch top-flight as he converted from the spot to help Vitesse Arnhem win 3-1 against FC Utrecht on Saturday.

The former FC Porto whizkid stepped up and sent Robbin Ruiter - the Utrecht keeper the wrong way to open the scoring for the Yellow Army in the 31st minute.

The penalty resulted from a persistent probing and pressure from Vitesse which caused a player to handle the ball in the Utrecht box, with Christian Atsu slotting home from the spot for his first goal for the club.

In the second half Utrecht went looking for the equaliser, and Steve de Ridder should have found it on the hour mark after he rounded Piet Velthuizen to only see his weak effort cleared off the line.

Then minutes later Vitesse captain Guram Kashia handled in his box to give Utrecht a penalty, and De Ridder made no mistake from the penalty spot to make it 1-1.

With four minutes to go Vitesse regained the lead with Mike Havenaar diving to meet Kelvin Leerdamâ€™s cross, heading the ball into the net.

In the final minute, Vitesse made the three points safe as Davy Propper hammered a shot from outside the box into the roof of the net via the crossbar.

The win sees Vitesse leapfrog AZ Alkmaar into the top spot temporarily while Utrecht drop to 13th spot.

Comments

Chu says:

November 10, 2013 11:10 am

Would atsu be working such wonders if he were at porto? Truth be told to Godfred, gary and nathan of citi fm, porto would never bring out the freedom he is playing with. It was a good decision to play for vitesse

Papadinho says:

November 09, 2013 11:30 pm

This boy is not really feeling comfortable in the Vitesse team. He's always doing every thing the easiest way and not doing what he do best. Time to change bro. He could have scored 3-4 goals but he's always opting to pass the ball to a Japanese blind dude called Havenaar who misses everybody that comes his way including empty goals with the keeper down!! If Atsu go back to the Atsu of Black stars, he will be Vitesse top scorer for this season no doubt about that. His confidence is growing match after match and i know he will get there!!
God bless u Atsu
God bless Gh and Naija!!

Viper says:

November 10, 2013 12:55 am

Interesting,he scored a penalty,the number of penalty takers in the Black Stars setup is soaring,which bodes well for us,cos penalty has always been our achilles heel.

Godbless says:

November 10, 2013 02:18 am

Your really right dinho...Atsu seems too relaxed and he's also been used as an attacking mid-fielder. He is now gelling into the team.